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Peanut butter
What is peanut butter? About the ingredient peanut butter. Including 954 recipes with peanut butter, nutrition data, photos, and where to find it.
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About
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Some peanut butter marketed as "natural" contains only peanuts and salt (to help prevent spoilage), but most consumer-brand peanut butter today, even if labeled "natural", contains other ingredients including hydrogenated vegetable oil to stabilize it and prevent oil separation, and dextrose or other sweeteners to enhance flavor.
Sometimes palm oil is used instead of hydrogenated oils to prevent oil separation. Peanut butter is also sold mixed with other pastes such as chocolate, jelly (jam) and the like.
Health Benefits
Peanut butter may protect against a high risk of cardiovascular disease due to high levels of monounsaturated fats and resveratrol; butter prepared with the skin of the peanuts has a greater level of resveratrol and other health-aiding agents.
Peanut butter (and peanuts) provide protein, vitamins B3, E, magnesium, folate, dietary fiber, arginine, and high levels of the antioxidant p-coumaric acid.
Health Concerns
For people with a peanut allergy, peanut butter can cause reactions including life-threatening anaphylactic shock which has led to bans in some schools.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (258g)Amount per Serving
Calories 1517Calories from Fat 1170
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 130.0g
200%
Saturated Fat
26.6g
133%
Trans Fat
~
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 1184mg
49%
Total Carbohydrate
50.5g
17%
Dietary Fiber
15g
62%
Sugars
23.8
Protein
64.7g
Vitamin A 0%
•
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 11%
•
Iron 27%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower
depending on your caloric needs.
Where found
Peanut butter is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Peanut butter is a member of the Legumes and Legume Products USDA nutritional food group.
How much does peanut butter weigh?
| measure | grams |
| 1 cup | 258 |
| 2 tbsp | 32 |
| In Chinese: | 花生酱 | |
| British (UK) term: | Peanut butter | |
| en français: | le beurre d'arachide | |
| en español: | manteca de cacahuete |
Recipes using peanut butter
There are 943 recipes that contain this ingredient.
References
| See more about peanut butter | about 11 years ago |
| Usda nutrition data | almost 7 years ago |
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